[Cheerio]

His attempt at destroying the second amendment being shot down by his own party??

To the clown this was the worst of all worlds - his own PARTY defeating him. He wanted the GOP led House to kill the GUN CONTROL bill so that he could cast all the blame of the Sandy Hook child deaths squarely on the GOP and defeat them in 2014 elections. No wonder he was enraged, to think that Harry Reid stabbed him in the back.

[Lazamataz]

He wanted the GOP led House to kill the GUN CONTROL bill so that he could cast all the blame of the Sandy Hook child deaths squarely on the GOP and defeat them in 2014 elections.

While this is undoubtedly true, this actually represents a vast strategic miscalculation.

I watched a show last night (on youtube) that detailed the progress of the ME-262, the first production jet aircraft in the world, in Nazi Germany. The special showed how Hitler actually doomed the project by ordering it to be misused as a tactical bomber, when it really only excelled as a air-to-air fighter.

Obama is making a similar strategic error: He seems to think that America, who has repeatedly shown an affinity for firearms ownership, and who have often rejected politicians who defied that viewpoint, will change their mind and sweep his party into power ... ON THE GUN ISSUE.

Big mistake. Those who are pro-gun are extremely passionate about it, but those who are anti-gun are, with a few exceptions, ambivalent about the topic.

He thinks people view the issue like he does, and he is wrong.

[Sarajevo]

No wonder he was enraged, to think that Harry Reid stabbed him in the back.

We shouldn't claim victory yet. That bill only failed by 6 votes. There were 54 Senators who voted for it. That's a rather thin margin, and if another incident happens soon, they could easily find those 6 votes.